How to master kitchen basics, from trussing poultry and segmenting oranges to deep-frying garlic and making tamarind liquid.
How To Cook Prawns for Sushi Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Ever wondered how to cook prawns for sushi so that they sit flat across the rice? Normally, when prawns are boiled they curl. But prawns used for sushi need to be straight. Here’s how to […]
How To Prepare Artichokes For Cooking Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Thorny, primitive-looking globe artichokes are a member of the thistle family and one of my favourite vegetables. Globe artichokes – not to be confused with potato-like Jerusalem artichokes, which are a different vegetable altogether – […]
How To Make A Cartouche Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes A cartouche is a piece of baking paper cut into a circle to act as a lid; it’s sometimes called a ‘false lid’. Covering the surface of a sauce, soup or other liquid with a cartouche […]
Lamb Stock Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes While we often talk about making chicken (see video below), veal, fish and vegetable stocks, lamb stock is less common. Which is a shame as lamb stock is a flavour bomb – a secret ingredient for making the best […]
How To Hand-Pull Noodles Master More Chinese Recipes & Kitchen Basics with My Online Chinese Cooking Class Ever stood outside a Chinese noodle shop and watched the noodle maker winding the dough around his wrists like yarn then banging the strands onto the bench to stretch them? I have and – while I’ve wondered how […]
How To Slice Fish For Sushi & Sashimi Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Sushi and sashimi are two of Japan’s most popular seafood dishes. But what’s the difference between sushi and sashimi? Sashimi is raw fish without rice, whereas sushi always contains rice. In Japan a […]
How To Clean Squid Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Squid, and their cephalopod cousins – calamari, octopus and cuttlefish – are relatively inexpensive and good value as there’s very little waste. They’re easy to clean and prepare, so it’s worth buying whole fresh local squid rather […]
How To Remove Pin-Bones From Fish Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Fish fillets are versatile, tasty and easy to cook. They’re a lot more enjoyable to eat if you take a few minutes to remove any pin-bones before cooking them. Pin-bones are the fine, flexible bones […]
How To Cook Crispy Skinned Fish Perfectly Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Crispy skinned fish fillets are delicious and look great too. Even if you don’t like eating fish skin, it’s worth cooking fillets with the skin on as it helps protect the delicate flesh from […]
How To Clean A Crab Master Deliciously Simple Singapore Chilli Crab It is neither humane nor good cooking practice to put an animal that hasn’t first been killed humanely into boiling water as the stress will make the meat tough. As most amateur cooks don’t have the skills to kill an animal humanely, RSPCA Australia […]
